''The Magician's Hat'' (Čarobnjakov šešir) is a
1990 animated film produced by the
Croatia Film
Croatia Film d.o.o. (formerly Croatia Film d.d.) is a state-owned film production and distribution company based in Zagreb, Croatia. It began operations in 1946, when Croatia was part of the former nation of Yugoslavia.
The company produced the re ...
company and directed by
Milan Blažeković
Milan Blažeković (6 July 1940 – 30 May 2019) was a Croatian animator.
Blažeković began his career at the Zagreb Film studio with "mini" short films such as ''The Fish'', ''Ikarus'', ''Vergl'' and ''Gorilla Dance'' (1968), ''The Man Who Had T ...
. It is the sequel to 1986's ''
The Elm-Chanted Forest''.
Story
Thistle the magician teams up with his animal friends, along with some fairies and a volcano-dwelling dragon, to rescue their forest from the wrath of the Ice Emperor Frostkill (Car Mrazomor) and his army of icy ghost witches.
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Release
In late 2007, both this film and its predecessor, ''The Elm-Chanted Forest'', received their DVD debut in the countries of former Yugoslavia from Happy TV. As of 2015, ''The Magician's Hat'' has seen no official release in North America.
Cancelled US release
Peter Fernandez
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was working on an English dub for this film, but it was ultimately cancelled by American Distributors for reasons unknown, yet possibly due to the scene where Emperor Frostkill gets stabbed in the chest by the Sword of Salvation and thought it was too dark for Western viewers, namely children.
See also
* Cinema of Yugoslavia
The Cinema of Yugoslavia were the films produced in Yugoslavia.
Overview
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had an internationally acclaimed film industry. Yugoslavia submitted many films to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Langua ...
* Cinema of Croatia
The cinema of Croatia has a somewhat shorter tradition than what is common for other Central European countries: the serious beginning of Croatian cinema starts with the rise of the Yugoslavian film industry in the 1940s. Three Croatian feat ...
* Lists of animated feature films
These lists of animated feature films compiles animated feature films from around the world and is organized alphabetically under the year of release (the year the completed film was first released to the public). Theatrical releases as well as ...
References
External links
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Entire film without subtitles
on YouTube
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Translations of the main villain's scenes with subtitles
also on YouTube
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1990 films
Animated films about penguins
1990 animated films
Yugoslav animated films
Croatian animated films
1990s children's fantasy films
Croatian children's films
Animated films based on Slavic mythology
Films set in Yugoslavia
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